10 Cited authorities

  1. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 97,534 times   135 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."
  2. Section 1391 - Venue generally

    28 U.S.C. § 1391   Cited 27,860 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred
  3. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,553 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment
  4. Section 1338 - Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition

    28 U.S.C. § 1338   Cited 5,399 times   71 Legal Analyses
    Granting exclusive jurisdiction to the district courts "of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, . . . copyrights and trademarks"
  5. Rule 13 - Counterclaim and Crossclaim

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 13   Cited 4,923 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Determining whether counterclaims are compulsory
  6. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,404 times   2192 Legal Analyses
    Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."
  7. Section 285 - Attorney fees

    35 U.S.C. § 285   Cited 3,199 times   476 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts discretion to award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in exceptional cases
  8. Section 284 - Damages

    35 U.S.C. § 284   Cited 2,074 times   194 Legal Analyses
    Granting "interest and costs as fixed by the court"
  9. Section 100 - Definitions

    35 U.S.C. § 100   Cited 612 times   97 Legal Analyses
    Defining a " ‘joint research agreement’ " as a written agreement between "2 or more persons or entities"
  10. Section 1 - Establishment

    35 U.S.C. § 1   Cited 506 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Noting that Congress did not intend to change these "narrowing interpretations"